diff --git a/pkg/features/kube_features.go b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
index 426f28b758a..884391f6353 100644
--- a/pkg/features/kube_features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/kube_features.go
@@ -860,6 +860,14 @@ const (
 	// Allow users to specify whether to take nodeAffinity/nodeTaint into consideration when
 	// calculating pod topology spread skew.
 	NodeInclusionPolicyInPodTopologySpread featuregate.Feature = "NodeInclusionPolicyInPodTopologySpread"
+
+	// owner: @jsafrane
+	// kep: http://kep.k8s.io/1710
+	// alpha: v1.25
+	// Speed up container startup by mounting volumes with the correct SELinux label
+	// instead of changing each file on the volumes recursively.
+	// Initial implementation focused on ReadWriteOncePod volumes.
+	SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod featuregate.Feature = "SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -1099,6 +1107,8 @@ var defaultKubernetesFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureS
 
 	NodeInclusionPolicyInPodTopologySpread: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 
+	SELinuxMountReadWriteOncePod: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+
 	// inherited features from generic apiserver, relisted here to get a conflict if it is changed
 	// unintentionally on either side: